Jim Zwit - Vietnam - Veterans History Project

[@mjbidwell2246]

Mr.Zwit, thank you for your service. I’m a relative of 1LT Paul McKenzie and I wanted to personally thank you for sharing your first hand experience as well as his last moments. It was hard to hear but I am so proud of the kind of leader he was and hope to aspire to be a fraction of what he meant to you for my Soldiers. I would love to meet you and talk to you more about my family. #hooah

[@marcclement7396]

I fall asleep to these great interviews. God bless all these brave men. Please know there are many of us out here that respect and love our veterans.

[@mark2tech]

These interviews are better than any war documentary could ever be. This is history on video for all future generations.

[@aldousbrawndo996]

Well said. I agree 100%

[@lisro21]

Thank you for your service!

[@frankmike9931]

One of the best interviews I have seen. Down to earth, in your face, no holds barred honesty. Classic.

[@marknyeste3604]

Thank YOU!Jim!(AMERICAN HERO!)

[@pablocortes9880]

Amazing story, James thank you for serving our Country. I'm 52 years old and have taken it upon myself to read about The Vietnam War. James, you are my hero!

[@louisbattle79]

I agree with the resentment towards Carter and the amnesty thing,a real slap in the face to us Vets who served. Myself I was a young husband and father at 19 who was drafted in January of 71 because of low lottery number and didn’t want to leave my family and serve but even though living less then one hundred miles from the Canadian border went and served my country like my father before me luckily did not serve in Vietnam but did serve when called. My hat is of to you brother God Bless.

[@deniseracky6363]

Jim, I am so fortunate to have met you....what a f'd up war. Thank you for keeping this out there....

[@robertallen8237]

Great interview!! Thank you Mr. Zwitt!

[@richardbowers3647]

This vet can talk!!! Thanks for your service & for sharing!!!

[@jasonpeters9390]

Listen to loads of these interviews this is one of the best I have heard and interviews like this keep me watching them

[@glennlarson9343]

Thanks

[@GTNGBGC]

awesome interview. He’s a great storyteller!

[@giggie]

thank you for your service , and thank you for sharing your story .

[@ronaldwarren5220]

Welcome home brother. You did a great service for our country. US Army Vietnam 1968-1969.

[@ronaldclark8187]

Thanks,Jim.

[@rubycollins3492]

Thank you for your service

[@jameshartsfield8585]

Thank you, Jim.

[@jeffkerr4249]

THANK YOU JIM !

[@nikreikalas6886]

God bless this MAN, thank you.

[@sniper60605]

Thanks Jim from a fellow Evergreen Parker!

[@robinmclaren4596]

Thanks for your story as a Rhodesian I can relate to your story I lost a very close school friend in a fire fight similar to yours..

[@MauroTaibo]

God Bless you Sir , very inspirational

[@northernsurvivalbackcountr4986]

As wounded as you were flying through those tree's it's a miracle you hanged on to tht cable a true American warrior thx you for your service God bless you

[@Wildcat5181]

He said the forest penetrator had a small seat surface and he was strapped to it. The cable is attached to a winch. I watched an extraction during which the valve failed and the two wounded must have fallen about 50 feet, but we heard they had recovered.

[@bryanbarnhart3337]

We have a funeral this Friday after Thanksgiving for my uncle who served in vietnam 67-68. Army grunt. Thank you sir for ur service. carter does suck.

[@rolanddentremont2197]

Amazing story, amazing man.

[@johnknorr1140]

Great story I was in that area from the beginning to the end and I also was in his battalion 2/501st I was in Charlie company I know that hill 805 very well and hill 1000 and hill 902 we suffered a lot of casualties that place was a hell hole for anyone who was involved (Geronimo drive on) 🇺🇸

[@836dmar]

I was born in ‘67 and patriotism did not skip all of my generation. Most, yes, were just indifferent but to this day I daily appreciate, discuss frequently, and remember what you guys did. Thank you ALL who serve and have served! Jim, such strong work with following through on your promises and friendships. Great example of a true American. Curious, if you read this, if you ever touched base with Phil again and what that dynamic was like?

[@bencrain7083]

Welcome home ! Sir! And thank you for your service to our country and educating others and our young!

[@stokiestewpotter7956]

Great man..great story.

[@sw923]

All I can say is God bless you and thank you for your sacrifice. Semper Fi!

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

This man is lucky to be alive, some pretty grievous wounds he suffered.

[@klippiesss]

This is a good interview

[@thepuppetstv]

nice interview...good audio too...ty! ty for your service, sir!

[@jward9637]

Wow God Bless Sir!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@papasmurf8927]

GOD bless you thank you for your service!

[@markgreen8752]

Thank you Mr. Zwit

[@danmurphy4472]

Thank You SIR for your service and dedication to our Country.....and WELCOME HOME SIR !!…...HERO'S....all of you !!

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Other soldiers interviewed have talked about him. It's cool to actually put a face to the name

[@joegamble328]

Respect sir. Welcome home

[@chuckcuttress2991]

Brave man great story

[@forwardobserver2048]

God Bless you Jim Zwit

[@jefferyallan9015]

Without knowing where you're from I would've guessed Chicago or Detroit by your accent. My father was born in Hamtramck as was i. Good interview!

[@larrymiller1380]

I’m a Vietnam vet chu lai mag 12 68. 69

[@shawnscorpion3589]

Thank you so much for this Epic story. A few points if I may, one Im sure you heard this but I bet you would have gotten that water for Bob if the roles were reversed. Another point is you risked your life for a black man in a time when I know for a fact a lot of racism was going on. Lastly I was born in 72 part of Gen X. That war was very important to us we just were treated like mushrooms if you know what I mean about the subject. A lot of lost our fathers to that war some we never got to know and this is the only way we can try and imagine how their lives were over there by listening to stories like this one. So as a warchild thank you sir for sharing :D

[@xxllbb55]

Wow !!!!!!!!!!

[@danmurphy4472]

Jim Zwit for PRESIDENT !!!

[@stevefirst1512]

First of all. This man was great. Really great. And i had to chuckle periodically imagining this sweet little social studies teacher's jaw dropping as he told his story. Second, i was a poly sci major in 1978 at the university of buffalo and remember vividly the parade of anti war speakers they brought in culminating with some guy who accompanied former AG ramsey clark, now a defense counsel with a group of draft dodgers held up in canada, across the peace bridge in buffalo. Another speaker was ron kovacs, the man tom cruise played in born on the fourth of july. The university had major protests and riots during 1968-69 and their own buffalo seven ( like the chicago seven). Here some nine or ten years later you could see where they stood politically. At least these classes were easy A's. In fact in one this idiot professor, always high, made us go around the class and express what grade we needed and why- his communist approach ( yes he said this) as these dumbass classes could be taken as electives class was full of prelaw and premed students. The latter got a's the former b+s and the others b's including those majoring in poly sci. The idiot was practically chased out of class by the lattr group, jumped on his old huffy bike and proceeded to pedal full speed right into a concrete building splitting his forehead open. Rather than medical attention he asked for a ride to the central park grille a local watering hole playing the dead all day and night for these lefty holdovers tenured by our great state school system. They had also during this ten year period built a brand new expansive campus designed so we were told to in future be able to decentralize and fragment protest groups. It made sense. The original campus was a densely situate grouping of ivy mansions and buildings all within close walking proximity of each other and the residential areas nearby housing off campus students. On yhe new campus, residences, departments and classroom buidings are separated by what are basically highway type roads requiring busing from place to place. I have not been back there for forty years so maybe some things have changed.

[@willboyd4607]

Sounds like the war never ended for him and probably never will.

[@8877robert]

Yeah but he's out there still kicking...isn't a drunk and is out there sharing the story if these heros....great great man. ( And working in PD / public service..guy is a national treasure and ought be treated that way.

[@targetpanicrecords]

God bless the Raiders!

[@sparty2761]

This is my weapon. This is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun!

[@jacobalvarez8516]

Great men

[@8877robert]

Amen. They sure are.

[@richerich9238]

Crazy!!!!

[@malcolmsoh5648]

A Shau Valley--Hamburger Hill.

[@craigsharfenberg6791]

I was in school in the mid 80's never taught about Vietnam. Revolutionary War and Civil War is what we was taught. God bless all of you heroes. And a special God bless to the Korean heroes. We learned about Korea from watching MASH lol

[@stubaker2574]

Airborne

[@billguthrie6078]

Could you please add captons

[@joshbrummitt5014]

Im the son of phill brummitt

[@billburkle215]

2S. Student deferment

[@250txc]

Another story on how stupid the usa commanders actually were. We were our own enemy.